Be Like Water. Water, for its beauty, intrinsic properties, and mystical powers, remains for me a source of endless inspiration, stories, and life lessons. The paintings in this series are both an exploration of science through art, and expressions of reverence for our life-giving waters. By layering acrylic paint, pumice, plaster, and various mediums, I seek to emulate earth patterns, where form and function are intertwined. My mixtures on canvas create organic images that speak of weathering, dripping water, tangled reeds--providing a continuous reminder of the complexity and wonder of th...

From the Water collection. 40" x 40" x 1.5”. Acrylic, charcoal, and pumice on hand-stretched gallery-wrapped canvas by Wendy Pabich.
Be Like Water. Water, for its beauty, intrinsic properties, and mystical powers, remains for me a source of endless inspiration, stories, and life lessons. The paintings in this series are both an exploration of science through art, and expressions of reverence for our life-giving waters. By layering acrylic paint, pumice, plaster, and various mediums, I seek to emulate earth patterns, where form and function are intertwined. My mixtures on canvas create or...

From the Water collection. 40" x 40" x 1.5”. Acrylic, charcoal, and pumice on hand-stretched gallery-wrapped canvas by Wendy Pabich.
Be Like Water. Water, for its beauty, intrinsic properties, and mystical powers, remains for me a source of endless inspiration, stories, and life lessons. The paintings in this series are both an exploration of science through art, and expressions of reverence for our life-giving waters. By layering acrylic paint, pumice, plaster, and various mediums, I seek to emulate earth patterns, where form and function are intertwined. My mixtures on canvas create or...

From the Burst collection. 30" x 30" x 1.5”. Acrylic and china market on gallery-wrapped canvas by Wendy Pabich.
This painting is an exploration of occlusion and negative space. I started by pulling a rich palette of ochres and blues of varying transparency across the canvas in a squeegee-like motion, draping the entire panel. For reasons I can’t explain, with a china marker, I began drawing a series of orbs, of varying shapes and sizes, the position of each determined by an innate sense of balance and composition. Only then did I use the opaque cream color to occlude parts of the transl...

From the Burst collection. 40" x 40" x 1.5”. Acrylic and china marker on gallery-wrapped canvas by Wendy Pabich.
This intuitive piece followed the Orbs as a more geometric expression of a similar sense of organic pattern and color balance. Pink, in particular, came alive on a day when I woke in the morning with a feeling that I just wanted to paint in warm and bright pinks.

From the Burst collection. 40" x 40" x 1.5”. Acrylic and china marker on gallery-wrapped canvas by Wendy Pabich.
This intuitive piece followed the Orbs as a more geometric expression of a similar sense of organic pattern and color balance. Blue, in particular, is full of jewel-like tones and represents a softening of geometry towards more organic shapes.

From the Burst collection. 40" x 40" x 1.5”. Acrylic and china market on gallery-wrapped canvas by Wendy Pabich.
These paired paintings--Luminosity I and Luminosity II--are an exploration of occlusion and negative space. I started by pulling a rich, transparent, jewel-tone palette across the canvas in a squeegee-like motion, draping the entire panel. For reasons I can’t explain, with a china marker, I began drawing a series of orbs, of varying shapes and sizes, the position of each determined by an innate sense of balance and composition. Only then did I use the opaque cream color to occ...

From the Burst collection. 40" x 40" x 1.5”. Acrylic on raised panel by Wendy Pabich.
These paired paintings--Luminosity I and Luminosity II--are an exploration of occlusion and negative space. I started by pulling a rich, transparent, jewel-tone palette across the canvas in a squeegee-like motion, draping the entire panel. For reasons I can’t explain, with a china marker, I began drawing a series of orbs, of varying shapes and sizes, the position of each determined by an innate sense of balance and composition. Only then did I use the opaque cream color to occlude parts of the transluce...

Mindfulness collection. 36" x 48" x 1.5”. Acrylic on raised wooden panel by Wendy Pabich.
Intentionally choosing inherently coarse materials and approaches to painting allows me to better dispense with the rigors of technique in favor of creative impulses. For this particular piece, I set myself up to paint on a rather large surface, cranked some music, and began layering heaps of color onto the surface using nothing more than my hands and fingers. The size of the work and the direct connection between my hands and the work, allowed me to quickly deepen into a full-body dance—performing yog...